AP Literature Hamlet Vocabulary 21-40 Flashcards

1
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Person’s face or facial expression

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Countenance

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2
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Having a streak of grey hair

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Grizzled

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3
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Able to be well-kept or guarded against attack or objection

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Tenable

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4
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To go on board a ship or to take or put on board

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Embarked

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5
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Growing, increasing, developing

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Crescent

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6
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To sully or soil; to harm a reputation of something

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Besmirch

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7
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Craft, deceit, faultless

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Cautel

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8
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Restrict something within limits

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Circumscribed

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9
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Spending money or resources recklessly

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Prodigal

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10
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Slanderous or defamatory

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Calumnious

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11
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Blighting influence

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Blastment

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12
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Free man; one who is thinking freely

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Libertine

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13
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Press or urge with persistent request

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Importuned

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14
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Speak badly of or tell lies; ding their reputation

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Traduced

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15
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Porpentine

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Porcupine

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16
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Rebellious; sexually immodest or promiscuous

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Wanton

17
Q

Lacking control of sexual indulgence

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Incontinency

18
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Previously named

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Prenominate

19
Q

Plead, argue at length

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Expostulate

20
Q

Concise and exact use of words in speech and writing

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Brevity